Mighty God; Wee Babe
So small, so vulnerable. Born as all the poor were born, in a cave, with animals beneath the living area. The warmth of the animals heating the home. Delivered in […]
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John the Baptist
As the new liturgical year begins, we pick up Saint Luke’s Gospel. Luke gives a fair bit of space in his opening chapters to Mary, and a similar amount to […]
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SHARING THE JOY
Our journey towards Christmas continues this weekend with all our readings promising a glorious future if we but believe in the power of the Lord. The first reading is from […]
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REFOCUSING
This weekend we enter the season of Advent, a season of anticipation, and we begin again the church’s liturgical year. The focus of our readings in the first two weeks […]
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Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat!
When He was asked what is the greatest commandment, our Lord Jesus Christ replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all […]
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“The prayer of the poor rises up to God” (Sir 25:5)
What does it mean to be celebrating today the World Day of the Poor? What does it mean when Pope Francis writes in his message for this day in 2024 […]
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Trust me, I’m …………
At the time of writing this, Americans are going to the polls to elect their next President and some members of their Congress. We have over the past two years […]
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Transformed by our encounter with Christ?
We hear in our readings, on this 31st Sunday in Ordinary time, Moses telling the people to fear the Lord and to keep God’s commands; the psalmist reminding us of […]
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Who’s really blind?
We’ve been following Mark’s gospel through the Sundays of ordinary time this year. The authors of the four gospels each organised their material in a particular way and gave emphasis […]
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Mission Sunday
This weekend we mark Mission Sunday. The traditional view has been that Mission Sunday was a day to acknowledge the work of the men and women of faith who had […]